Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann

Strack-Zimmermann studied journalism, political science and German language and literature at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU) and graduated with a Master of Arts degree. In 1986, she received her doctorate at the LMU with a thesis entitled {{lang |de |Bilder aus Amerika: eine zeitungswissenschaftliche Studie über die USA-Berichterstattung im Zweiten Deutschen Fernsehen (ZDF)}} ({{translation |Images from America: a newspaper science study on US reporting on ZDF}}).

From 1988 to 2008 Strack-Zimmermann worked for the Nuremberg youth book publisher Tessloff. Later she was a freelance publishing house representative.

Strack-Zimmermann was a member of the Düsseldorf city council from 2004 to 2023.Uwe-Jens Ruhnau (16 January 2023), [https://rp-online.de/nrw/staedte/duesseldorf/duesseldorf-marie-agnes-strack-zimmermann-verlaesst-den-stadtrat_aid-82940677 Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann verlässt den Stadtrat] Rheinische Post. From 2008 until 2014, she served as deputy mayor of Düsseldorf, alongside mayor Dirk Elbers.

Following the election of Christian Lindner as chairman of the FDP in 2013, Strack-Zimmermann became one of his deputies. She served as part of the party's leadership until 2019, when she was succeeded by Nicola Beer.[https://www.welt.de/regionales/nrw/article191884373/FDP-Vize-Strack-Zimmermann-verzichtet-auf-erneute-Kandidatur.html FDP-Vize Strack-Zimmermann verzichtet auf erneute Kandidatur] Die Welt, April 14, 2019.

Strack-Zimmermann became a member of the Bundestag in the 2017 German federal election.{{Cite web|url=https://rp-online.de/politik/fdp-marie-agnes-strack-zimmermann-tritt-nicht-mehr-als-vize-an_aid-38103753|title=Politikerin aus Düsseldorf: Strack-Zimmermann tritt nicht mehr als FDP-Vize an|last=Ruhnau|first=Uwe-Jens|website=RP ONLINE|language=de|access-date=2020-03-16}}

During her first term from 2017 to 2021, Strack-Zimmermann served on the Defence Committee and the Committee for Construction, Housing, Urban Development and Local Authorities. During that time, she was her parliamentary group's spokesperson for defence policy and spokesperson for local government policy.{{Cite web|url=https://www.fdpbt.de/fraktion/fachpolitische-sprecher|title=Fachpolitische Sprecher|website=Fraktion der Freien Demokraten im Deutschen Bundestag|language=de|access-date=2020-03-16}} Since 2021, Strack-Zimmermann has been serving as chairwoman of the Defence Committee.Constanze von Bullion, Henrike Roßbach and Mike Szymanski (7 December 2021), [https://www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/bundesregierung-ampelkoalition-personal-1.5482559 Berliner Personalien: Neue Gesichter, unerwartete Namen] Süddeutsche Zeitung.

In addition to her committee assignments, Strack-Zimmermann has been a member of the German delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly since 2018, where she is part of the Defence and Security Committee, the Political Committee, the Sub-Committee on Transatlantic Defence and Security Cooperation and the Sub-Committee on Transatlantic Relations.[https://www.nato-pa.int/members/strack-zimmermann-marie-agnes Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann] NATO Parliamentary Assembly.

In the negotiations to form a so-called traffic light coalition of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), the Green Party and the FDP following the 2021 federal elections, Strack-Zimmermann was part of her party's delegation in the working group on foreign policy, defence, development cooperation and human rights, co-chaired by Heiko Maas, Omid Nouripour and Alexander Graf Lambsdorff.[https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/ampel-koalition-das-sind-die-verhandlungsteams-von-spd.1939.de.html?drn:news_id=1316022 Ampel-Koalition: Das sind die Verhandlungsteams von SPD, Grünen und FDP] Deutschlandfunk, October 27, 2021.

In her capacity as chair of the defense committee, Strack-Zimmermann visited Ukraine shortly after the 2022 Russian invasion with Michael Roth and Anton Hofreiter, the chairs of the Bundestag's foreign relations and European affairs committees respectively.Paul Carrel (14 April 2022), [https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/strains-german-coalition-junior-partners-turn-scholz-over-ukraine-2022-04-14/ Strains in German coalition as junior partners turn on Scholz over Ukraine] Reuters.

In 2023, Strack-Zimmermann was one of the initiators – alongside Michelle Müntefering and Agnieszka Brugger – of a cross-party group promoting a feminist foreign policy.Christine Dankbar (19 January 2023), [https://www.berliner-zeitung.de/politik-gesellschaft/neugruendung-bundestag-nun-gibt-es-auch-einen-parlamentskreis-feministische-aussenpolitik-li.308667 Bundestag: Nun gibt es auch einen Parlamentskreis „Feministische Außenpolitik“] Berliner Zeitung.

In March 2024, Strack-Zimmermann was nominated by the FDP to become the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party's lead candidate for the 2024 European Parliament election.[https://www.aldeparty.eu/strack_zimmermann_nominated_as_alde_party_lead_candidate Strack-Zimmermann nominated as ALDE Party lead candidate] Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party (ALDE), press release of 11 March 2024. She was elected, and her seat in the German Bundestag was taken up by Fabian Griewel.

In parliament, Strack-Zimmermann has since been chairing the Subcommittee on Security and Defence. She is also a member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs. In addition to her committee assignments, she is part of the parliament’s delegations to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly and to the EU-Chile Joint Parliamentary Committee.[https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/256926/MARIE-AGNES_STRACK-ZIMMERMANN/home Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann] European Parliament.

• Federal Academy for Security Policy (BAKS), Member of the advisory board (since 2018)[https://www.baks.bund.de/de/die-baks/der-beirat Advisory Board], Federal Academy for Security Policy (BAKS).
• {{interlanguage link|Förderkreis Deutsches Heer|de}}, Committee Member{{Cite web |date=2023-05-07 |title=Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann - Nebentätigkeiten |url=https://www.abgeordnetenwatch.de/profile/marie-agnes-strack-zimmermann/nebentaetigkeiten |access-date=2023-11-14 |website=www.abgeordnetenwatch.de |language=de}}
• {{interlanguage link|Deutsche Gesellschaft für Wehrtechnik|de}}, Committee Member{{Cite web |date=2023-05-07 |title=Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann - Nebentätigkeiten |url=https://www.abgeordnetenwatch.de/profile/marie-agnes-strack-zimmermann/nebentaetigkeiten |access-date=2023-11-14 |website=www.abgeordnetenwatch.de |language=de}}
• FOM University of Applied Sciences Düsseldorf, Member of the Board of Trustees[https://www.fom.de/hochschulzentren/duesseldorf/kuratorium.html Board of Trustees, Düsseldorf] FOM University of Applied Sciences.
• Rotary International, Member
• Fortuna Düsseldorf, Member

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